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Summer Solstice, Avebury 1999

byThe Dongas Tribe (and friends)

Publication date 2005-06-24 00:00:00

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PublisherDave Prentice (Nusphere)

Field recordings from summer solstice celebrations atop Silbury Hill and in Avebury Henge, 1999.

Notes

1-5 recorded on Silbury Hill, summer solstice sunrise, 1999
6-10 recorded the same (or possibly the next) evening, Avebury Henge

Howie - harmonica
Stef - mandolin, biniou
Alex - pennywhistle, drum, voice
Matthew - saz
Inge - mandolin
Joel - hurdy-gurdy (and bombarde?)
Andy Bard - bagpipes, shawm

plus an unknown guitarist, numerous percussionists and background voices